Political Culture
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From populist rule to lynching, the writings of Machiavelli foreshadow much of modern mass politics
The Italian diplomat placed conflict between the plebians and the prince at the heart of a stable regime.
Prasanta Chakravarty
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Argumentative Indians: Many urbanites won’t even talk to those with opposing political views
A new survey shows the deep, disconcerting political divide in urban India.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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‘2019 as anti-hartal year’: Kerala’s traders and transporters pledge to curb ‘culture of shutdowns’
Frequent disruptions to daily life have left the public weary and even prompted politicians to question the overuse of their favoured mode of protest.
TA Ameerudheen
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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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A new book re-examines Bill Gates and Melinda Gates’s philanthropic work
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Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the two winning poems
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Latest Manipur killings confirm long-dormant Meitei insurgency is seeing a revival
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Watch: Teacher and students join viral ‘Gulabi Sharara’ social media dance trend
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Why anonymous insider accounts of Donald Trump’s presidency (and all governments) are necessary
Secret histories have for centuries served to strengthen opposition to unscrupulous rulers, and even helped topple them.
Rachel Carnell, The Conversation
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Bengal MP is suspended for ‘lavish lifestyle’, leading to the question: Who is an ideal communist?
Like Ritabrata Banerjee, Jyoti Basu and Somnath Chatterjee too had a taste for luxury but no comrade doubted their commitment to the cause.
Subrata Nagchoudhury
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How Sikkim officials decided what to gift the Dalai Lama for his enthronement ceremony
On the list were a clock, a writing attaché case, a silver tea set, a pair of binoculars and two English ponies.
Pema Abrahams
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Watch: Teacher and students join viral ‘Gulabi Sharara’ social media dance trend
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Watch: Boulders rolling down hillside halt traffic movement on Jammu and Kashmir National Highway
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Watch: Iranian guests at Nobel Prize ceremony sing to celebrate Narges Mohammadi’s Peace Prize
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Watch: Actor Bradley Cooper makes sandwiches and serves them from a food truck in New York
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Watch: Meet Captain Fatima Wasim, the first woman medical officer to be deployed at Siachen Glacier